President Trump and Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos were in Indianapolis this past weekend. The reason? They were in town for the National FFA Convention. FFA, which formally stands for “Future Farmers of America”, is a student organization “for those interested in agriculture and leadership”. The organization boast over 8,568 chapters, and 600,000 members in…
Recently, I came across an article about a six-year-old boy in Arizona who invited all of his classmates to his birthday party, but no one showed up to the party. The reason any of us know about this incident is because his mom posted a picture of him sitting alone at his birthday party. How…
The money problems of Indianapolis Public Schools have been well documented for the past couple of years. While the district is hoping for an influx of money via the referendum on the upcoming ballot, they are also looking for other ways to cut costs as well including changing facilities. Indianapolis Public Schools is looking to…
The Indiana Student Financial Aid Association (ISFAA) is holding its annual event College Goal Sunday. This year is the 30th year of this event. The purpose of this event is to help high school students who plan to attend college to understand financial aid and how to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid…
I’m not opposed to schools having a book character day when students dress up as characters from a book. I am opposed to this day happening in October. In my experience, book character day in October has been a way for schools to appease parents or angry students by letting them wear a costume to…
It’s an election year. You may have noticed the attack ads and canvassing in your neighborhood. Your students have likely noticed these things too, but they might not necessarily have the context to understand exactly what is going on. It’s always a good idea to teach students about the political process but an election year…
For-profit schools have been in the news a lot lately for a variety of reasons. Many of them have been shut down or been forced to shut down due to violations leaving their students with no recourse. An Obama-era policy called borrower defense was supposed to make it easier for defrauded students to get…
Now, I had to let the situation die down a little before I responded. I was still in shock. I couldn’t even be that angry because I was in disbelief. One of the hip hop and rap icons, Kayne West – Kayne Tigga, the man that gave us College Dropout, Graduation, 808 Heartbreak, My Beautiful…
October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. According to the International Dyslexia Association, “Dyslexia affects 1 in 10 individuals.” I did not know much about dyslexia, a learning disability that can cause difficulty with reading and writing, until my second year in the classroom. My second year in the classroom was my first year at a…
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Listen as Shawnta S. Barnes recounts how her mother helped her with bullying at school.